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In December 2010 an earlier attempt to build a two-road shed for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the [[Stourport Branch]] failed when the [[https://www.svrwiki.com/Category:Lottery_funding#Heritage_Lottery_Fund|HLF]] turned down an application for funding.<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1133&highlight=hlf Fathers, P., SVRA Forum 10 December 2010] (Retrieved 4 January 2018</ref>
The Wagon Review Group was created late in 2015. In March 2017 the group formed a committee to take the wagon shed project forward, and the following month it appointed a Treasurer "both to manage money raised and to assist the Group with the identification and implementation of practical fundraising initiatives in cooperation with other SVR organisations."<ref>'Job vacancies', SVRLive, 28 March 2017</ref>
It is envisaged that the shed would be a standard ‘Agricultural’ type building with 5 metre spaced portal frames (on pad foundations in the sandstone formation) and propriety cladding with windows and photovoltaic panels on the roof to provide an income source and lighting. Electrical and water supplies could be accessed off Stourport Road. The 3 roads would be fed from the east with only a single road emerging from the west end of the shed. The latter would allow demonstration wagon events linked to the car park access off Felix Baxter Drive.<br>
It is envisaged that there would be raised walkways between the internal tracks allowing limited access for viewing. At present, the southerly road would contain historically significant non-runners with the remaining roads having different demonstration goods trains with brake vans at each end. There is provision at the east end for a large locomotive (e.g 8F or 28XX) to sit in front of the doors. The run round loop and headshunt are around 175 metres long to accommodate typical freight trains or engineering trains. The engineers siding has been designed to allow road vehicles to run along as well as offloading ballast or rails. The actual access road alignment awaits discussions with the developer of the commercial plots and their servicing requirements.<br>
Initial estimates suggest around £200,000 for design, supply and erection of the shed with additional works needed on earthworks, drainage, fencing/security, electricity and water supply. Construction could be phased, with the engineer’s siding being required sooner for trackwork delivery and the works to the cabling and relaying needing to be planned together. When many of the wagons are moved it would be possible to proceed with the Bewdley plans as a separate phase.<ref>[https://svrwagons.wixsite.com/svrwagons/wagon-storage-shed SVR Wagons website] (Retrieved 16 July 2017)</ref> Fundraising may commence later in 2017.
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